10:16 PM,
Sep. 25, 2013

New Rochelle's Jonathan Forrest finds a hole during the Huguenots' win over Mahopac on Sept. 15. New Rochelle won 21-14, its only victory of the season.

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When his team lost to Ketcham opening week, New Rochelle football coach Lou DiRienzo reminded his players that wins, playoff berths and championships aren't preordained. They don't come as accessories to purple jerseys or white helmets or by stepping foot on Ray Rice's old home sideline.

Forgive the Huguenots for needing a heads up. Almost all of Westchester County's best football these last 10 years has been played in the city of New Rochelle - if not by the Huguenots themselves, then by their old Turkey Bowl rival Iona Prep.

Beginning Rice's junior year in 2003, New Rochelle won eight of the ...